Pre-Halloween

Little Sweetness as a little princess!

A magician, a devil (she played it up well), and batman

Cannon was some sort of Black Ghost? He helped Jase with the haunted house most of the night. Jase has done it for the ward for about 8 years now. Kids love it.

Bailey took this shot. But if you look closely, somehow I ended up with at least part of everyone's costume by the time the night was over! Bailey's pitch fork, Macey's wand and hat, Karah's tiarra, Cannon's cape and Easton's mask. Good thing for strollers!



This had nothing to do with Halloween, it was just plain cute.

These are Easton's best buddies

On Monday, Jase went to a Sarah Palin rally. It was wet and cold, but was worth it.

Army of Helaman

Jase is the Scoutmaster for our ward. This last weekend he took them on a campout and this photo was taken. He liked it so much he made it into a poster. I think it's awesome. The pictures below are some more of what they did at the campout.

Boys and their toys!!

Last week I took the kids to pick apples and pumpkins. We had such a great day!!

She's a Big Girl Now

Macey started Pre-School this month. She is so smart, and she's gonna do great! Here she is with her cousin Wyatt.

Buster tagged along for her first day too.

Sweetness in a box!!!!!! Life doesn't get much better than this.

Cannon and Bailey riding the rollercoaster at Macey's 5th Birthday party.

This Week in Photos

Cannon's first Flag Football Game

Karah the Spectator

Bailey the Soccer Pro


Macey- having issues with her dental hygiene!!


Easton too!

Busy Week

This past week has been kinda busy. Last weekend one of the hurricanes made it''s way up to Virginia, and the kids decided to face it head on. Looking back now, we should have thrown a bar of soap out the door and killed two birds with one stone.

(water is rushing down the drains in the street!)

This is the little league field which they have now converted to a swim club. There were some serious flooding going on. (Those are the batting cages halfway under water.)

A kangaroo got loose in the house.

I have been working on the www.pentagonmemorial.net website for the past two years and on 9/11 was got to attend the dedication at the Pentagon. President Bush spoke to the crowd here. It was a moving ceremony and hard to believe it was 7 years ago. It seems like yesterday.

This the most recent part of the site I just finished for the dedication:
http://www.pentagonmemorial.net/map/default.aspx

Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!

That' what I heard for about a week. And in the end she didn't disappoint! I do advertising for the John McCain campaign, so I got the chance to go work at the Republican National Convention. I spent most of my time shooting video of the delegates. It was a blast! I got to see a bunch of famous people. All the way from Jon Voite to Triumph the Comic dog (I even made it on Conan O'Brian and CNN). I got to be in the front row during all the speeches. Sarah Palin was great. When she came on stage, it was like a rock star walked out. Real cool. McCain wasn't bad either =)

I also got to go to the CNN One Campaign concert and see Chris Daughtry (Cali is still sad she didn't get to go). And it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is some video I shot of the concert (my audio mic wasn't good on the camera, but he sounded great live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-s-Cx1whwo

Here are some trip photos and commentary, enjoy:

This is where my buddy Ryan and I ate, three nights in a row. It is called the Market Bar-B-Que, and is well worth the plane ride to Minnesota.

This was the campaign headquarters in our hotel where McCain and Palin were staying.

This was everyone from our team who made the trip.

One night after a Rage Against the Machine concert, all the people came out to march down to our hotel and protest. This was one of the SWAT guys who was between them and our hotel.

This was Mitt Romney on the third night.

This was the last night when I was on the floor. I was up to my waist in balloons. Crazy town.

This was before Sarah Palin's speech.

McCain arrived and everyone went wild!

Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!

Daughtry (the man)!!!!!

Sweet Pixie

I thought this was Blog Worthy. This morning Macey (almost 5) asked, "Mom, which would you rather have, a genie or fairy Godparents?" So I thought a second, but then asked her, "Which would you rather have?" She said, "I would rather have fairy Godparents because with a genie you only get 3 wishes and they are kind of tricky."

Of course!!

The Sweetness of Sweet Water Tavern

We love this place! Cali's 33rd Birthday Dinner. And that little basket you see on the table is full of pure heaven (aussie rolls)!

33... Yikes

Okay, so today is my 33rd B-day. Not a great thing, this getting old stuff. But, of course, as I get older I realize how blessed I am and have been through my life. Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the stuff that isn't going right in life and forget about the blessings. Sometimes I get caught up in the fits and fights of my kids and forget about what amazing gifts they are and how cute and sweet they are. Anyway, I am going to take this opportunity, at the risk of being EXTREMELY CHEESY to say some of the things I'm thankful for...

-I'm thankful that I have the gospel in my life.

-I'm thankful I grew up with parents who are faithful and supportive, and brothers and sisters (and sister and brother-in-laws) who are great examples.

-I'm thankful I grew up in a small town, where my friends were great and still hold a special place in my life.

-I'm thankful for the friends who I have met through college and keep in touch with still.

-I'm thankful for the friends who I now have here in McLean.

-I'm thankful for the amazing family I married into.

-I'm soooo thankful for my kids. I can't imagine doing anything but spending my days with them. They are so funny, spunky, sweet, cute, talented, creative, smart, and they give the best hugs!!!

-Finally, and most of all, I am thankful for my husband. He is always thinking of ways to make me happy. I love his sense of humor and how he gets down and wrestles with the kids. I'm thankful for the person he is and the example he is to me. I don't know what I would do without him. Love you Bubbie...

The Beach Part II

Just in case you missed our first trip to the beach "Blog". Here is the second trip we took. All the cousins came this time! It was awesome!!!!

Can I Have That Ball Sir?

My Dad, Cannon, Brandon (his cousin) and I all went to the Washington Nationals game last Saturday night. It was the first time Cannon and I had been to the new ball park. I must say it looks pretty sweet. We had front row seats out in left field (Props to my brother Jimmy for hooking us up with the tickets). We were sitting right next the the visiting team's bull pen. All the kids in our section asked for baseballs from the pitchers and they managed to hook everyone up (Props to the bull pen catchers for making the kids day). It was the perfect baseball night and we had fun eating all the junk food we could find. The Nats lost though.

It has been a while since our last post. So here are some pictures I like.

Mr. Hollywood!!!

Ridding on the Bus!!!

The "Sweetness"

Silly Goose